Bullabulling Gold drilling targets extensions to higher grade gold prospects
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Bullabulling Gold (ASX: BAB) has started reverse circulation drilling targeting extensions to the higher grade Edwards and Gryphon prospects within its ...
View ArticleWestern Areas and Jinchuan hunt for new opportunities
PERTH (miningweekly.com) - Nickel miner Western Areas has entered into a strategic alliance agreement with China’s Jinchuan Group to examine global mining opportunities in the base metals ...
View ArticleAustralian government faces more pressure over mining tax
- Greens leader Christine Milne will push for a full-scale Senate inquiry into the design and performance of the mining tax. Under the plan, expected to be put forward by the Greens today, the ...
View ArticleXstrata axing operator of loss-making Australia coal mine
SYDNEY - Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata said it is dropping a unit of Leighton Holdings as operator of the Collinsville coal mine in Australia, which has seen substantial losses due to soft coal prices ...
View ArticleFIRB gives nod to Doyles Creek investment
PERTH (miningweekly.com) - The Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) on Tuesday approved a A$40-million investment by Japan’s Mitsui Matsushima International (MMI) into ASX-listed ...
View ArticleWest Pacific exploration gets initial OK
/enpproperty--> China's application to explore cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts in the West Pacific Ocean in 2013 received an initial OK after evaluation by the Legal and Technical ...
View ArticleKazzinc Verny Capital buy two Kazakh gold deposits
"The new owners intend to implement an investment programme aimed at further industrial development of these deposits," said. Verny also said that after additional exploration the reserves ...
View ArticleComet Ridge Spuds Turkeys Nest 1 Exploration Well Onshore Queensland
Coal seam gas explorer Comet Ridge confirmed Tuesday the start of drilling operations at the Turkey's Nest 1 well, at its onshore ATP 337P Mahalo asset in Queensland's Bowen Basin. ...
View ArticleConflicting mine union presidents agree to meet after live on-air exchange
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – In a live-on-air commitment, the presidents of South Africa’s two conflicting mine labour unions have agreed to meet for the first time in order to ...
View ArticleSprott Resource Corp. Announces Acquisition of Beretta Farms Inc. by...
Feb. 19, 2013 /CNW/ - (TSX: SCP) - Sprott Resource Corp. ("SRC" or the "Company") (TSX: SCP) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary One Earth Farms Corp. ("One Earth ...
View ArticlePolice investigate illegal mining case in N China
/enpproperty--> TAIYUAN - Police in North China's Shanxi province have launched an investigation into an illegal mining case that left a coal mine flooded and 6 people trapped early Tuesday ...
View ArticleMozambiques coal railway line remains shut after rains
MAPUTO - A railway line that is Mozambique's only available coal export route for mining giants Vale and Rio Tinto will remain shut at least until next week after heavy rains. The line has ...
View ArticlePenumbra mine on track to reach steady-state production by June
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South African thermal coal producer Continental Coal on Tuesday said its Penumbra coal mine was on track to reach steady-state production of about 63 000 t a ...
View ArticleGKN Sinter Metals Facility Achieves Major Milestone in Synchronizer Hubs
"Synchronizer Hubs by GKN Sinter Metals" Synchronizer hubs are the core product for the shifting mechanism in all double clutch and manual transmissions. For over 20 years GKN Sinter Metals ...
View ArticleGreens declare loss of faith in Labor after mining industry betrayal
THE Greens say their power-sharing alliance with Labor is over after Prime Minister Julia Gillard betrayed them by being too soft on the mining industry. Greens leader Christine Milne dropped the ...
View ArticleAldridge Retains Cutfield Freeman to Aid in Securing Project Financing for...
Feb. 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Aldridge Minerals Inc. (TSX Venture: AGM) ("Aldridge" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has retained Cutfield Freeman & Co. Ltd. ...
View ArticlePacific Coal Resources Ltd. announces the voluntary delisting of warrants and...
Feb. 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Pacific Coal Resources Ltd. (TSXV: PAK) announces the voluntary delisting of 74,749,976 warrants, being all of the Company's warrants currently trading on the TSX Venture ...
View ArticleFreegold Announces the Commencement of the Resource Expansion Drill Program -...
Feb. 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Freegold Ventures Limited (TSX: FVL, Frankfurt: FR4N) ("Freegold") is pleased to report the commencement of drilling at Golden Summit. The Golden Summit project lies ...
View ArticleTasman drills thick intervals of heavy REE mineralization at Olserum Sweden
Mark Saxon President & CEO, is pleased to report on drilling results from a 5 hole program completed at Company's 100% owned Olserum heavy rare earth element (REE) project ...
View ArticleGolden Predator and Trondek Hwechin Disagree with YESAB
the Company was advised that the Yukon Environment & Socio Economic Assessment Board's ("YESAB") Dawson City Designated Office determined it does not have the jurisdiction to ...
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